Freshwater
Common Water Clover
Marsilea quadrifolia
Marsileaceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Austria, Bulgaria, China, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Iran, and 14 more countries.
Introduced to Canada, Cuba, and United States.
More about the species
Description
Marsilea quadrifolia is a herbaceous plant found naturally in central and southern Europe, Caucasia, western Siberia, Afghanistan, south-west India, China, Japan, and Vietnam, though it is considered a weed in some parts of the United States, where it has been well established in the northeast for over 100 years. Its common names include four leaf clover and European waterclover (USA), even though it is not a species of clover.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Lemma quadrifolia
- Marsilea europaea
- Spheroidia quadrifoliata
- Zaluzianskia marsilioides
- Zaluzianskia quadrifolia
In other languages
- Kløverbregne
- Apilasaniainen
- European waterclover, Water Shamrock
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